Calgary Weather Theory

Now for those of you who live in Calgary like I do probalby know all too well that the weather here is very unpredictable. Even though forecasts might call for a sunny cloudless day, within mere moments black clouds roll in and the rain starts a pourin'.

Now I have stopped relying on going to sites such as http://www.theweathernetwork.com to obtain reliable weather reports because they have failed me at one time or another. And of late I have notice a pattern/correlation between the Calgary weather and the hotness/ugliness level of the online sunshine girl from:
http://sunshinegirl.canoe.ca

What I have notice is that the weather (9 times out of 10) is directly related to the hotness factor of the sunshine girl. For example if she is butt ugly, then it will be a miserable day (rain if its spring/summer, snow/cloudy/cold in winter). If she is relatively good looking then the day will be nice, sunny and warm. And if she is just average than the day is partly cloudy.

Don't believe me? Well lets see this past weeks forecasts and the girl that goes along with that date.



Saturday, August 13th 2005
Mean temp of 11°C, high of 20°C, low of 2°C. Partly Cloudy.


Sunday, August 14th 2005
Mean temp of 13°C, high of 17°C, low of 10°C. Overcast and Rain.


Monday, August 15th 2005
Mean temp of 10°C, high of 12°C, low of 6°C. Light to Medium Rain.


Tuesday, August 16th 2005
Mean temp of 8°C, high of 10°C, low of 6°C. Rain.


Wednesday, August 17th 2005
Mean temp of 9°C, high of 10°C, low of 7°C. Rain.


Thursday, August 18th 2005
Today's predicted forecast.......high of 16°C. We will see.

All the data was taken from the weather underground at:
http://www.wunderground.com

So you decide for yourself. I think its pretty accurate myself :D

Alex!

Maple Leaf Future...

The Maple Leafs Suck!!
-Alex 2005

I can't begin to tell you my contempt for this team. From their buying of players in previous seasons, their stupid coach Quinn (who coudn't buy the cup), Sundin and calling themselves "Canada's Team" makes me hate them. But with the new CBA and their inability to adapt to the new salary cap system I think this upcoming season will prove the incompetency of the general manager/ower of the Leafs. It should be entertaining to watch.

Alex.

Half-Blooded Prince

Harry Potter 6: The Half-Blooded Prince
-Alex 2005

I just finished reading the latest installment of the Harry Potter series on Thursday and I must say I was a lot more satisfied with the direction that this book has taken on as compared to the previous book. The previous one was just filled with annoying EMO Harry who spazzed out every single moment he could. But in this installment he is more calm and collected and it makes for a pleasurable read. I didn't mind the ending as much as others have and I actually think it has finally taken a turn for the best and that this final movement towards the ultimate ending will definitely be worth it. If I were to compare this book to Star Wars, this book would be the equivalent to "The Empire Strikes Back". So basically don't hope for a happy ending but by the time you finish you will know that there's going to be a lot of action going down in the the last few installments of the series, and I cannot wait! Too bad we'll have to probably wait another few years for the next one.

On a different note, but totally related to Harry Potter. I recently discovered that the Harry Potter Line has audiobooks in the form of CD's. They are quite pricey though as each audiobook is about $50 - $80. So it looks like I will be trying to find the torrents until I am more wealthy and can afford it! I want them so I can put them on my iPod. It would be great for trips and when I'm just too lazy to read. Plus they are read by Jim Dale who has won a grammy for his Harry Potter audiobook work. Apparently for this series alone he has over 1000 voices for it. Crazy!

pieces,

Alex.

Finally....

Friday has arrived and I'm estatic about it. This week has been so busy when dealing with school homework/assignments/quizzes/labs. I really thought it would be less busy after the mid-term but boy was I wrong. My online quiz on Tuesday night proved to be very drama filled. It included forgetting to open up a critical data sheet and then logging onto another computer to see if I could open it up without logging me out of the computer I was doing the quiz on. Luckily it worked, but then I ended up having to run back and forth from computers to attain numbers to answer my questions. During this process I stubbed my toe on the couch, ouch. Then with 15 minutes remaining until midnight (when the quiz was due) my internet cut out! I debated on what the problem was so I wiggled the cable for my modem box and the internet came back with 10 minutes remaining on my quiz. Not knowing if it logged me out of my quiz when it disconnected I crossed my fingers and clicked the "next question" button. To my relief it worked. I got a 9/10 on it eventually. Was it worth it? Not for all that drama. The next night was filled with lab writeup. I was almost finished by 1AM when I realized I made a HUGE mistake and I had to redo most of the lab. So I was finished my lab by 4am, gross. Yesterday I had a very easy lab though and we were the second group done and left an hour before lab time was up.....sweet! And today is Friday! All I have is a one hour lecture then I'm going to take my car in for a Type 1 maintnance.....oil change heh. Tomorrow I will be going to Christians for his bbq birthday party, and I'm looking forward to it. Should be good times. Anyways I better get going to class, going to be late!

pieces,

Alex.

You and Me Go Fishing in the Dark......

Andrew, you and I have to DEFINITELY find this fishing spot and get into fly fishing!


mmmm Fishing :D
-Alex 2005

Soccer Anyone?

We are definitely playing this team! hehe.


I vote the Crazy 88's play this soccer team :D
-Alex 2005

Can't win them all.....

Our Football game on Monday was probably the best comeback ever by the Crazy 88's and to be a part of it was a fantastic feeling. For most of the game we were down about 12-14 points but slowly decreased their lead by the time 5 minute warning came up in the last half. At 5 minute warning both teams are allowed 4 plays each to get one last attempt of scoring. The score was 58-52 for them and they had first possession. After 4 nail biting downs we managed to stop them a few yards away from a touchdown and it was our go at it. Our first down brought us a quarter of the way up the field, our second down was incomplete and our 3rd down brought us to the halfway mark of the field. It was now or never, our 4th down was a hail mary into the endzone and was caught by Christian (Jacklyn's friend) and we had just tied it up!!!! We were already celebrating but then we still had a convert to complete. We decided to go for the much easier 1 pointer (rather than the 2 pointer) and get our W. Christian caught it again for a 59-58 win for the Crazy 88's!!!!!!! Woooohoooo!!!!! Usually being on the Crazy 88's means that you are usually on the losing side of a clincher but this time around we were on the winning side, and it felt damn good! Yeah that's right, it wasn't just good, it was damnnnnnnnnnnn good.

The very next evening it was the Crazy 88's weekly venture into soccer. As of late we have really done well and we went into this game with a 7-3 record. Which is spectacular because if you ask anyone after our first two games we thought we were going to be spanked each and every game. But with the addition of AJ to our line up and our increased skills in passing, defence, offense and aggresiveness we have managed to get 7 W's. However this night would prove to be fruitless. We played our heart out but started losing very early in the game when a kick from just over half sailed right into the net. Then a corner kick was headed in from a rebound and the last goal was a pass that shouldn't have gotten through. The first two goals were pretty flukey and the first one was assisted by the Sun being in our eyes. The second goal was pretty flukey as well, and the well the third one was pretty flukey too as the pass went through 2 sets of legs to find the person waiting in front of the net that I should have been covering, so I feel pretty bad about it. The team we played were a cheap and hardcore bunch. They would tell us to take it easy if we nudged them but then they would do the exact same thing to us. They would run over our girls and they even pulled up their goalie into our crease during corner kicks (even though they would be winning by 3 goals already). After the game I was still pretty worked up about it, and realized one thing about it after. I hate playing defence. I think I like playing mid-field the most.

Anyways that's good for now. Way to go Crazy 88's! Keep up the effort!

pieces,

Alex.